Christmas Cruise 2005
Monday, January 10, 2005
Another Christmas come and gone... and another year come and gone as well (^_^)
I've never spent Christmas on a cruise before, and it was an... interesting experience. The worst part about the whole trip was how rough the seas were; I don't think i've ever been on a ship that was so rocky for such a long period of time (and we've been on quite a few). It was very unsettling at times... especially when you can see the waves crashing against the boat from your cabin (o_O). Luckily for me, my poor sense of balance came in handy, and I never really got seasick :)
There were only a few stops during this cruise, which was nice for a change, and I thought they were pretty good places to visit.
1) Half Moon Cay - Holland America's private island that has incredibly blue water
2) St. Thomas - All the moms and the girls in my family were severly disappointed as the shops closed at 1:00pm on the day that we were there (I was, of course, happy to have our shopping time cut short)
3) St. Maarten - An island that is actually half-French / half-Dutch. The whole island has an interesting look to it, with tons of shopping traps. Our tour bus went by a nude beach which was a NASTY experience (>_<)
It was a shame that most of my family got seasick for half of the cruise, but I'm glad that we didn't have to go to the Philippines again... the 14 hour flight back and forth really kills me :p
The dumbest moment of the cruise: On Christmas day at 9:00AM, the cruise director makes an announcement that 'NASA has spotted an unidentified flying object heading towards our ship'. Right now, that sounds pretty dumb, but when you're half-awake it sounded like a freaking terrorist attack was about to happen. She then said ' it seems that it is a bearded man on a sled'. Har dee har har. Next time make your lame jokes later in the day, or at least not on as a PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT. (-__-)
Anyway, for me, the cruise was actually pretty relaxing. I wasn't really very hungry thanks to the constant rocking of the ship, and my cousins and I got to use the gym pretty regularly. All in all, it was a good break... now it's time to hit the books again! ;)
Posted byCharles Ang at 1:26 AM
